newsletter - Killester College

Killester College
www.killester.vic.edu.au
newsletter
Friday 27th June 2014
Principal’s Message
Dear Parents and Friends,
Arriving at work today I saw a group of our girls in pyjamas having their
breakfast under the verandah of the Kennedy Hall. The girls had been
part of a ‘winter sleepout’ to raise awareness of the plight of homeless
people in our society and to perhaps give a little insight into the
difficulties of not having the home comforts we take for granted. This
activity followed the school Mass for the Poor on Wednesday which
resulted in generous donations of food to be given for distribution to
those in need by the St Vincent de Paul Society in Springvale.
Prayer
We pray for our school community.
Loving God,
Through your love and support
we are building our school
community,
as we are learn and grow together.
May our efforts to help groups such
as Caritas, St Vincent de Paul,
China Little Flower orphanage and
the Cyrene centre,
make the world a better place.
Loving God hear us.
Congratulations to all involved in these events and thanks to everyone
who found something to donate to our food appeal on Wednesday.
On Monday night Killester was host to schools who are part of the
Building Bridges Programme. This involves a number of schools from
different faith traditions coming together to share their own faith and
learn about others. Students rotate around the different schools and
share a meal together as well as have the opportunity for discussion
and questions. It is an incredibly enriching experience for all involved.
Thanks to Ms Constable who has coordinated and led Killester’s
involvement in this programme.
The end of the term has come with a wintery blast this week. As the
girls and staff take a well earned break I would like to commend all those
students who have worked hard at their studies and those who not only
did this, but engaged in the many things that were on offer this term.
The reports will be posted home in coming days and the home room
report will list activities your daughter has been involved with during
term 1 and 2. To give you an idea of what was on offer I list the
following -:
Jnr Basketball
Jnr Volleyball
Snr Badminton
Inter Volleyball
Interschool
Athletics
Inter Badminton
School Production
Inter Basketball
Concert Band
Swinburne Poetry
Comp
Interschool
Swimming
Italian Poetry Comp
Debating
Walking/Running
Club
Homework Club
Peer Support
Chemistry Quiz
Cross Country
Production Band
Public Speaking
Book Buzz
Swing Sisters
SCSA Badminton
Science
Competition
Snr Choir
Honk
Building Bridges
St Vincent de Paul
Justice &
Democracy
String Ensemble
Percussion
Ensemble
Student Council
Lots of Yr 12 PAL
Arts Committee
Sports Committee
Community Service
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Week Ahead
No doubt I have not listed everything. The point is that there are always
activities going on at school for girls to engage with and develop new
skills, talents, knowledge and / or friendships.
July
Monday
14th
Staff Return
Tuesday
15th
Students Return
Thursday
17th
Yr 10 Science
Excursion
Leanne Di Stefano
Principal
Saturday
19th
Production
Rehearsal
(9am - 5pm)
Killester College 2014 Parent Surveys
Best wishes for a safe and happy holiday.
All parents should have received a survey from the school
earlier this week.
School Office Hours over the
School Holidays
A note to parents that the school
office hours over the school
holiday period will be from
8:30am - 3:00pm - Monday to
Friday.
The survey seeks to gain feedback from Parents about a
number of issues about Killester. The results of the survey
will greatly assist the school in future planning and improvements.
The surveys are to be completed and returned to the
school by 7th July.
You can access the survey by using this LINK.
If you require any assistance please contact Roger van
Langenberg.
Student Absences
Another reminder to all parents that
if your daughter is away from school
for any reason, please call the Front
Office on ph: 9547 5000 to report
the absence. Thank you for your
continued support.
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Library News
Building Bridges Program 2014
Holidays are a good time to hunt down those
overdue library books.
End of semester is often a good time to go
through your locker, schoolbag, under the bed
and anywhere else that your overdue books may
be hiding.
Building Bridges is an interfaith dialogue program. The program is
unique to Melbourne, and involves Year 10 students. The schools that
participate in our zone are Mt Hira Islamic School, King David Jewish
School - Killester, Mazenod, Kilbreda and Nazareth (who are all Catholic
schools). Forty Killester students applied to participate in the program
this year. The 18 students who were lucky enough to be chosen were:
Cindy, Doreen, Gia-Minh, Janet, Jennifer, Kieu-Minh, Kim, Mehakdeep,
Natalie, Ngoc, Sallynna, Shenara, Sirat, Stephanie, Tiffany, Kiandra and I.
The found books can then be returned to the
library the first week back of term 3, just in time
to borrow the books you want for semester 2
subjects.
Ms Jamieson
Teacher - Librarian
There are five stages of the program. Each stage represents a different
step in building a bridge between our different religions and cultures.
The stages are: gathering materials for the bridge like listening, respect,
and confidentiality; laying the foundations for the bridge, building the
bridge by sharing our unique stories, testing the bridge, making sure
it can survive disagreements; and finally walking across the bridge and
carrying our skills of dialogue and our new friendships into our daily
lives.
Our first meeting was at King David School. This was where we first
met each other and began getting to know each other through simple
conversations. In the second meeting at Mt Hira we continued getting to
know each other. We also visited their mosque, and got to ask questions
about how they pray. The third meeting
was at Mazenod, and this is where we
started building the bridge. In this meeting
everyone began to open up more and share
deeper thoughts. The fourth meeting took
place in our very own Killester College.
We got to take the students on a tour of
our school and we told them about our
experience of Killester as a faith community. In this session we tested
the bridge, by discussing how we were going to keep it stable, especially
during times when we disagree. There is still one more meeting next
term, plus a day where we will combine our skills and talents to offer a
day of creative service to a community we can help. It might be at an
Aged Care facility, or a Primary School. We will find out soon.
We have gained so much knowledge about the different faiths, and
noticed that there are many things we have in common. The girls from
Killester have created some really good friendships across religions,
cultures and schools, because of these sessions. We are looking forward
to continuing to build these friendships further next Term.
Jaskiran Singh and Doreen Kyaw, on behalf of the 2014 Building Bridges
students.
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Community Announcements
Community Announcements
As part of the upcoming school
holidays, in the lead up to Snow Fest, we
are doing a special screening of Frozen,
the Disney movie, on the new Big
Screen in Dandenong
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Thursday, 8 July 2014
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12:00 noon
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Location: Dandenong Council
Office, 225 Lonsdale Street,
Dandenong
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Bring BYO blankets, seats and a
picnic if you prefer and enjoy a
fantastic afternoon!
The New Entertainment Book Is Here
The New 2014-2015 Entertainment Book is now
available. You now have a choice to purchase:
•
The traditional Entertainment™ Book
Membership that comes with the Gold
Card and vouchers; or
•
The brand new Entertainment™
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from many of the best restaurants, cafés, arts,
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much more!
Simply go to: https://www.entertainmentbook.
com.au/orderbooks/188763p to purchase your
Entertainment Book.
This is a great way to raise money for Killester
College, as a percentage is given back to the
School.
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2014 Term 3 – Student Calendar
Wk
1
Monday
July 14
D6
Staff Return
2
Pal cycle 3
D1
School
Assembly P2
Yr 9
July 28
D6
5
Aug 4
6
D1
Open Morning
Aug 11
D6
Pal cycle 4
8
9
D8
July 22
D2
July 17
July 23
D3
Yr 10 PD Day
Yr 10 VCE
J & D Student
Information
Forum
Night
SCSA - AFL
CELEBRATIONS WEEK
July 29
July 30
D7
D8
July 31
Aug 6
D3
Aug 7
Aug 20
D6
Yr 9 (Helen,
Yr 7 PD Day
Barbara, Francis
Yr 9 (Rita &
& Emilie) to
Agnes) to Shrine
Shrine
ARTS WEEK / BOOK WEEK
Aug 26
D7
Aug 27
D8
Aug 28
Open Morning
Community
Conversation
Evening
Production
"Bump In"
Sept 8
D6
Sept 15
D1
SCSA Netball
D9
Aug 1
D10
Aug 2/3
Yr 12 Parent
Maths
Teacher Night
Competition
Yr 9-10 Subject
Yrs 7, 8, 9, 11 &
Selection Info
12
Night
YR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE
D7
Aug 13
D8
Aug 14
D9
Aug 19
D1
July 26/27
Stewardship
Meetings
D1
SCSA Volleyball
Validation Day
Sept 2
Sept 3
D2
D3
Production Tech
Run - All Cast &
Crews 9am-5pm
Production Dress
Rehearsal - All
Cast & Crews
9am - 5pm
Sept 9
Sept 10
D7
D8
D4
Yr 7 LOTE - all
day
Maths
Competition Yr
10 P5 & 6
LOTE WEEK
D3
Aug 21
D4
D9
Aug 15
Aug 16/17
D10
Brigidine Day
Working Bee 9am12pm
Aug 22
D5
Aug 23/24
D10
Aug 30/31
Aug 29
Duke of Ed Camp
Y11 RE Excursion
Sept 5
D5
Production
Primary School
Performance &
Opening Night All
Cast & Crew 9am
- 10pm
Sept 11
D9
Production
Evening Show 5pm - 10pm
Yr 7 Zoo
Excursion
Production Matinee,
Closing Night &
Bump Out - 12 noon
- 11pm
Sept 12
D10
Sept 13/14
Yr 7
Immunisation 3
Y11 RE Excursion
Y10 Immigration
Museum Excurs
Sept 19
D5
Sept 20/21
School Assembly
P4 Year 10
Sept 16
Sept 17
Sept 18
Yr 10 RE
Excursion
Aug 9/10
Validation Day
Duke of Ed Camp
Sept 4
D4
Yr 7-11 Parent
Teacher
Interviews
Student Free
D3
Production
Rehearsal (All
Day - Cast &
Band only) @
Alexander
Theatre
Aug 8
D5
Yr 9 Kryptic
Challenge
SCSA Soccer
Stewardship
Meetings
Yr 8 Churches
Excursion
D2
July 19/20
D5
Duke of Ed Day
Walk
Aug 18
Sept 1
D10
July 25
D2
D2
July 18
D4
Aug 5
Aug 12
Sat/Sun
Production
Rehearsal 9-5 (Sat)
July 24
Yr 8 LOTE - all
day
Yr 10 & 11
Subject Selection
Interviews
Aug 25
D9
Friday
Yr 10 Science
Excursion
Yr 9 LOTE - all
day
Yr 7 RE
Excursion
Soiree - 6pm Theatrette
KIC Meeting
1
0
July 16
Thursday
Yr 10 LOTE - all
day
Soiree - 6pm
Theatrette
Yr 8 English
Incursion
7
D7
Choral Festival
KIC Meeting
4
July 15
Wednesday
Students Return
July 21
3
Tuesday
(as at 19/6/14)
D4
Duke of Ed 1/2
Day Walk
Sept 6/7
Term 3 Ends
Yr 8 Activity Day
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FAMILY LEARNING CENTRE
FREE COMPUTER
CLASSES FOR
PARENTS
This is your chance to learn Basic
Computer skills and be introduced to the
first steps in using an Apple Mac. You
will be shown how to use the Internet and
send Emails and get to know the School
Website and much more!
WHEN
Tuesdays – August 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th, September 2nd
AT
7.00 to 8.30 pm
WHERE
In the Family Learning Centre at Killester College
ALL PARENTS ARE WELCOME. PLEASE RSVP BY EMAIL OR USE REPLY
RSVP TO rvanlangenberg@killester.vic.edu.au
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All Parents are welcome. Please RSVP by email or use Reply Slip
REPLY SLIP
I will be attending the computer classes in Term 2 at Killester
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presents
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He’s been to Vegas, Crown, Australia wide venues
and now he is coming to Mazenod
Friday, 11th July 2014
7pm Dinner And Show (Drinks Included)
$60 Per Person
Mannix College, 22 Wellington Road, Clayton
Parking Available At Monash University (Opposite)
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Please book by 1st July, 2014, unless sold out prior
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